The American Cyclopædia (1879)/Müller, Charles Louis

MÜLLER, Charles Louis, popularly known as Müller de Paris, a French painter, born in Paris, Dec. 22, 1815. He studied under Cogniet and Gros, and in the school of fine arts, and in 1837 exhibited his first picture, &ldquo;Christmas Morning.&rdquo; From 1850 to 1853 he was director of the manufacture of Gobelin tapestry, and in 1864 he succeeded Flandrin in the academy of fine arts. Among his principal works are &ldquo;The Martyrdom of St. Bartholomew,&rdquo; &ldquo;The Massacre of the Innocents,&rdquo; &ldquo;Primavera,&rdquo; and &ldquo;The Appeal of the Victims of the Reign of Terror.&rdquo; The last, his masterpiece, contains portraits of the most illustrious victims. In 1855 he exhibited a large painting, Vive l'empereur, illustrating a poem by Méry, representing an episode in the battle before Paris, March 30, 1814, which gained for him a medal of the first class. Among his later works are &ldquo;Desdemona&rdquo; (1868), and &ldquo;Lanjuinais at the Tribune&rdquo; (1869).